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For almost 40 years the United States has maintained a ban on exporting domestically produced crude oil with little opposition. In recent years, however, the discovery of new sources of domestic crude oil and new techniques for...

I spent two months this summer living in a rural village in Western Kenya where I taught optimistic, bright women basic accounting skills, coached them in computer literacy, and led community development exercises. I arrived...

Over the past several months, the world has witnessed a resurgent Russia using military force to impose a sphere of influence, increased Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, sectarian violence ripping apart the Middle East,...

The kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria by terrorist group Boko Haram in April cast a spotlight on the dangers that children in conflict areas face in simply going to school. Nearly five months after their capture,...

In the last few months we have watched violence engulf Gaza, Russia trample Eastern Ukraine, and the ravages of civil war and ISIS decimate Syria and Iraq. These events pose a greater and more frightening threat every day to all...

The central role energy has played in this summer’s international conflicts has generated renewed concern for US energy security. As the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS) swept through northern Iraq capturing oil fields and...

Food aid is a hot topic in the world of foreign policy these days. Though the U.S. Government’s Food for Peace program is housed in America’s international development agency, food aid is public diplomacy.